A very good copy in very good jacket.
Jacket design by H. Bridgeman Grimley.
£125
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1960.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original burgundy cloth lettered in silver. Dust-jacket, priced 18s.
Inspiration for the 1963 Steve McQueen film.
In stock
A very good copy in very good jacket.
Jacket design by H. Bridgeman Grimley.
War, Invasion & Spy
London, John Hamilton, [1938].
First edition. 2pp. advertisements for the 'Ace Series'. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, dated 3s.6d.
'In a tiny plane, far above the Sahara, Michael Wright directs the operations of Doctor Oberlin's mighty fleet of bombers as it flies northward to encompass the destruction of Europe.' (jacket blurb)
War, Invasion & Spy
London, John Hamilton, [1936].
First edition. Ace Series. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3s.6d.
A solid first edition of a classic aviation tale by prolific writer George E. Rochester, drawing on his own experience in the Royal Flying Corps; bandit menace in the air above Tibet, bad Buddhists, and more...
War, Invasion & Spy
Chatto & Windus, London, 1929 first edition
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1935.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. 8pp. advertisements. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
A very good first edition, first impression of this uncommon spy novel by G.Davison, part of a series that began in 1931 with The Man with the Twisted Face.
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Michael Joseph, 1945.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
A very good first UK edition of aviator Ernest Gann's exciting, realistic aeronautic adventure set in the far north of Canada.